Today, when Julia and I got to our local park, there were two other little Chinese kids with their grandma. Julia, of course, was excited to see other kids her age and wanted to play with them. Being Julia and much like any other 2 year old I know, she lingered close by to them (but not too close), imitated their actions and waited for any sort of interaction. Unfortunately, these two children kept to themselves and eventually Julia gave up and began playing by herself. She wandered into one of the tunnels and was about to make her way out towards me when the older of the two children came over and intentionally blocked Julia's exit. Julia just sat there looking up at her. I wasn't exactly sure what was going on at first and I don't think Julia did either. So Julia just sat and kept looking up at her, not in fear mind you, but somewhat curiously and annoyed. Grandma desperately tried to get this child to move, I mean, she pulled her off 3 or 4 times and this girl whipped back to the exit with arms clutching the top of the tunnel and literally, glared, at Julia. I, of course, did my mommy thing, "Julia, say excuse me" and looked at the little 3 year old that I was about to slap. Julia politely said " S'cuse me" quietly and continued to look back calmly. I looked at the little girl and said "She said excuse me, you need to move now." and as Grandma peeled her off for the 5th time, I quickly grabbed Julia and pulled her out. Julia walked calmly and quietly out of the tunnel and towards the playground gate. She held the gate for a little bit and looked out towards the rest of the park. Without looking back, she looked up at me and said "Mommy, I want to go to the swings now" and off we went.
Julia can be such a beast sometimes, but I have to say, for the most part, she's a pretty calm and sweet child and I hope that's because she models after relatively calm and loving parents. I don't understand how it is that there are children, particularly children that young, that can already be so mean and awful.
She didn't mention what happened until afterward when Daddy picked us up in the car and I mentioned the incident to him. When asked about the girl, she said "yea, daddy, the girl was naughty and bad!" followed by "Daddy, I wanna go back to the playground!" This is typical Julia, and boy, do I love every bit of her!
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